RAF Greenock

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RAF Greenock
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Greenock, Inverclyde in Scotland
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RAF Greenock
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RAF Greenock
RAF Greenock (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates 55°56′59″N4°45′12″W / 55.94972°N 4.75333°W / 55.94972; -4.75333 Coordinates: 55°56′59″N4°45′12″W / 55.94972°N 4.75333°W / 55.94972; -4.75333
Site information
Owner Air Ministry
Operator Royal Air Force
Controlled by RAF Coastal Command
Site history
Built1940 (1940)
In use1940-1945 (1945)
Battles/wars European theatre of World War II

RAF Greenock was a Royal Air Force station in Greenock, Scotland from 1940 to 1945. [1] [2] [3]

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RAF Greenock was created on 10 October 1940 as a maintenance base for RAF flying boats. Seaplanes had previously been used at the site in the 1930s. The base was hit on 7 May 1941 during the Greenock Blitz, when a hangar and storage facility were hit, and several aircraft were destroyed. [4]

The following units were here at some point: [4]

Supermarine Stranraers, Consolidated Catalinas and Short Sunderlands were maintained at the site. [4]

It ceased to be an RAF base in 1945 but continued in civilian use until 1950. [8]

As of 2012, the RAF Club Greenock is still open. [9]

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Greenock, Flying Boat Maintenance Base | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Secret Scotland - RAF Greenock". www.secretscotland.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Stations-G". www.rafweb.org.
  4. 1 2 3 "Greenock". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 148.
  6. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 209.
  7. ↑ Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997, p. 214.
  8. ↑ "Royal Naval Air Stations of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 Contents Page". 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "RAF club in member drive". Greenock Telegraph.

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